Microsoft has released the latest Windows ... SMB firewall rule changes Starting with this build (Build 25997), creating SMB shares changes a longtime Windows Defender Firewall default behavior.

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Licenses aimed at SMB customers are “primarily ... drive another strong quarter of revenue and share growth” overall, she said. CRN has asked Microsoft if the Open Licensing to Cloud Solution ...

Microsoft plans to begin a "security modernization" campaign soon to ditch pre-SMB or legacy SMB behaviors iteratively in Windows releases, a more elaborate roadmap will be shared soon.